The president of the United States took to Twitter on Monday morning to loudly declare that he “absolutely” had the right to pardon himself before going on to repeatedly assert his innocence in the Special Counsel’s investigation and besmirched the whole thing as a partisan witch-hunt.

As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!

In a later misspelled tweet, Trump went on to declare that the Special “Councel’s” [sic] investigation into his campaign was “unconstitutional” before deleting it and repeating the same message in a new tweet.

The appointment of the Special Counsel is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Despite that, we play the game because I, unlike the Democrats, have done nothing wrong!

Every increasingly desperate declaration of innocence from the President only serves to accentuate the perception that he is extremely guilty and likely facing serious consequences for him and his campaign’s actions to tilt the 2016 election in his favor.

For him to do so would not only be a tacit admission of guilt but likely also the immediate beginning of impeachment proceedings. Whether or not Republicans would enable the dissolution of our democracy by refusing to impeach for partisan reasons is another question entirely, but it’s clear that the President’s authoritarian streak is in full swing – and knowing Trump, there’s no line he won’t cross to save his own skin.